On Andrew Jackson genealogy: PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON The parents of the future American President lived at Boneybefore, Carrickfergus, prior to emigrating from Ulster to a new life in North America. The ancestral home of Andrew Jackson was demolished in the 1860's. The Andrew Jackson Centre is housed in a similar period cottage adjacent to the site. The family cottage houses a fascinating display gallery illustrating the life and times of the President and the Jackson Family. The Andrew Jackson Centre is a splendid, living reminder of the Ulster connection with North America, and provides hours of pleasure for visitors of all ages. Andrew Jackson Senior, with his wife Elizabeth and sons Hugh and Robert, departed from the Province in 1765, encouraged in their adventure by Arthur Dobbs of Dobbs Castle, who was Governor of North Carolina. The family travelled to the Waxhaws settlement in the Carolinas and the young Andrew Jackson was born, just after the death of his father, in 1767. The man who was to occupy the White House 62 years later lost his mother and two brothers in the War of Independence, and he was brought up by aunts who had emigrated earlier. "Toto, I don't think we are in NH any more."